Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Slides and Scripts from Idera Auditing SQL Server presentation

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I had a few folks ask me for the slides and SQL scripts from the Auditing SQL Server webinar I...

2012-10-10

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Kathi Kellenberger speaking at Midlands PASS

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

On October 17th, Midlands PASS will welcome Kathi Kellenberger to speak on T-SQL 2012. Here's what her talk will be...

2012-10-05

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Webcast on SQL Server Auditing on October 9th

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Idera will be re-broadcasting that I recorded earlier in the year on meeting audits with SQL Server. It's scheduled for...

2012-10-04

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Participate in the PASS Election Process

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Once again it is time for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Board of Directors election. This year there...

2012-09-26

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The Reason I Won't Be at the PASS Summit This Year

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We welcomed daughter #3 and child #5 into this world on Saturday at 9:43 AM. She came a bit earlier...

2012-09-24

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PASS ProfDev VC presentation recording available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back on August 15th I did a webinar for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter on my talk Being the...

2012-09-10

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An important query to remember

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is based on a post with respect to where our focus and efforts should be that I wrote at...

2012-08-30

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Resources for Those Dealing with Security Patches

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It's been a while since I was in the day-to-day business of security patches. However, I still keep up with...

2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-21)

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Don't Disconnect Your Common Sense

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This falls in line with a previous post about common sense in IT.
I was having lunch with a co-worker,...

2012-08-23

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Rant: Applying Common Sense in IT

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was watching a training video last night and the instructor made the statement we hear all the time:
"Test this...

2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-17)

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?

The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...

Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server

I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...

The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection

I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...

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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles

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RegEx Functions I

Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?

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